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soft hyphen

soft hyphen noun: a generally invisible text character marking a point where hyphenation can occur without forcing a line break in an inconvenient place if the text is later reflowed.

Noun

soft hyphen (plural soft hyphens)

  1. A generally invisible text character marking a point where hyphenation can occur without forcing a line break in an inconvenient place if the text is later reflowed.
    Synonyms:
    discretionary hyphen

soft hyphen meaning in Tamil

soft hyphen in Tamil

மென் இடைக்கோடு

Synonyms of soft hyphen

  • discretionary hyphen

Forms of soft hyphen

pluralsoft hyphens

Questions about soft hyphen

What does soft hyphen mean?
Soft hyphen means a generally invisible text character marking a point where hyphenation can occur without forcing a line break in an inconvenient place if the text is later reflowed.
What is soft hyphen in Tamil?
Soft hyphen in Tamil is மென் இடைக்கோடு. See Soft hyphen meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is soft hyphen?
Soft hyphen is a noun.
What is the plural of soft hyphen?
The plural of soft hyphen is soft hyphens.

Words near soft hyphen in the dictionary

  1. soft grunge
  2. soft gs
  3. soft hand
  4. soft handed
  5. soft hands
  6. soft hyphen
  7. soft hyphens
  8. soft in the head
  9. soft inquiries
  10. soft inquiry
  11. soft jade

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Adapted from Wiktionary: soft hyphen (page history and authors); soft hyphen (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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